We arrived home last night. Taylor, as many have seen from his Facebook posts, came down with malaria. Thanks to a quick call to the fabulous Dr. Ginna and a fast trip to a neighborhood chemist he got on the right meds and is on the mend. He was even well enough to do most of the driving for our trip. This was a huge relief as I am not as courageous as he is at driving and would have taken a few more hours. Pictures to come.

The kiddos and I will be leaving bright and early tomorrow morning to join Taylor at the coast. After a week away it will be wonderful to have some family time. Can’t wait to posts updates when we return. See you in a week!

I love the mix of this city. So much has become normal that it is sometimes hard to remember that it might be something out of the ordinary for our normal reader. While driving down the street outside our home we saw this mama showing off her amazing balance and neck strength! We also had many brand new luxury cars coming (from the opposite direction) into our lane to avoid a push cart hauling rocks that was moving too slow in their lane.

Avery starts school tomorrow at Little Scholars! She is so very excited as her best friends attend this school. She begged to try on her uniform tonight and I couldn’t help but share a pic of her cuteness.
A HUGE thank you to the family that made it possible for Avery to go to school! We are thrilled at this opportunity for our little scholar and can’t wait to hear her stories about her days at school.

Taylor left before the sun came up this morning to drive down to the coast. He will be working with four others scouting locations for the film. See the post at the top of our blog for more background into the film, A distant boat.

I got word that he arrived safely and wanted to ask for continued prayers for safety during his trip. Please also pray for good team unity and for finding locations that would work well. Thankfully a Kenyan media house is helping the production so they will be able to help in negotiating when locations are found. Please pray for favor for the owners of each location and for their willingness to help out with the project and for good witness to those who are not believers.
Thanks as always for your prayers!

Though we don’t share much about it, community development is a huge part of why we are on the field. I, Allison, studied community development at university and have long desired to take part in applying the book knowledge to help others improve their lives and open doors to share the reasons why we care.

I was trying to help out a team mate with some issues that had come up while working with the community building latrines and stumbled upon a quote from one of my favorite professors at JBU.

“Our call is to be stewards of God’s creation. We can be agents of blessing to others by teaching them how to make the best use of God’s resources,” “Engineering and renewable energy studies are very effective tools for demonstrating Christ’s love in places where people’s very livelihoods are at stake.”- Dr. Kim

That about sums up why I get so excited about helping others through community development and just wanted to pass it along.

Reports are coming out saying that Sudan has bombed Bentiu, a city in South Sudan. These bombs hit markets and had civilian casualties. Click here to read the full article from CNN.com.

Please continue to pray for both Sudans.

Today I am again thankful for the chance to live in a mix of cultures and get the chance to see things through a child’s eyes.

There are many “melt your heart” moments as parents, and I would love to share one of them. One day while playing outside, Avery ran up to me and told me quite earnestly, “We have to pray now!”. She had heard someone singing so we had to pray. This melted my heart because she had confused a neighbor singing in another language with hearing the call to prayer. When describing what the call to prayer was I mentioned that it was also a reminder for us to pray for others to come to know The Truth and find hope in a relationship with Jesus Christ. Next time you hear the call to prayer, or just someone randomly singing and your remember this story, will you join us in praying?